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E. `GREEN. PAINTING MACHINE.

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ELMER GREEN OF NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAINTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters PatentV No. 261,548, dated July 25, 1882.

Application tiled September 2, 1881. (No model.)

To all who-m it may concern:

Beit known that I, ELMER GREEN, of ther town of North East, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, ka citizen of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Painting Small and Portable Objects; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters or iignres of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to produce an apparatus for painting window blinds, shutters, sashes, and other light articles.

The nature of the invention consists of parts and combination of parts, all arranged as will hereinafter be described,and pointed out in the claims.

The apparatus by which I practice this process is shown in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine with the cover raised so as to show the interior. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the said machine.

The machine consists ot a case, A A', having a central shaft, B, which is adapted to he revolved, and is provided with radial arms b b, and suitable catches that form a support to which the object to be painted is attached, and by which they are carried as the shaft revolves about the cen ter of motion. At the lower side ot the case is a paint-vat, D, into which the object to be painted is dipped before being attached tothe arms of the shaft B, and into which the surplus paint which is thrown oft' from the objectwhile it is rotating against the walls of the case'will drain. Of course it is not essential that this vat be attached to orV In the drawings the object shown as at-v tached to the centrifugal frame is a .windowblind. It is held to the arms by bracket-hooks c c, &c., which can be turned, like a button, when it is desired to detach the blind from the frame. l

A great variety of small objects can be painted by this device much. quicker than by a brush. Wherek a tine nish is required the last or iinishing coat can be gone over with a brush before it dries.

I am aware that vehicle wheels have been painted by inserting within the hub a revolving spindle by which the wheel can. be revolved to throw off the surplus paint; but any motion that would throw oft' sufficient paint from the rim or spokes would not throw oft the necessary amount from the hub.

It is essential that the article to be painted shall revolve about a center and. not upon one.

Hence it is desirable that a rack or frame be provided to which the article may be attached at a point somewhat removed from the center of motion. By an apparatus such as mine this can be done.

The wagon-wheel-painting device above referred to is that shown in Patent No. 15,759, September 23, 1856; and I hereby disclaim as vmy invention the process there shown, and also to the vat, wherever it may be placed. I pre fer the construction shown, as it is most convenient, and no paint is lost by intermediate drippings.

What I claim as new is 1. In a machine for painting small objects, a case having a paint-vat connected therewith, in" combination with a revolving shaft having radial arms provided with supports, In testimony that I claim the foregoing fill armn ged substantially as set forth. have hereunto set my hand this 6th day ot' 2. The combination, substantially as de- August, 1881.

scribed and for the purposes mentioned, con- ELMER GREEN.

sisting of a case, A A', revolving shaft B, Vitnesses:

supports b b c o, projecting from the shaft, and J NO. K. HALLOCK,

a dippingw'at located as shown. W. I?, EDELEN. 

